University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
2025 Baseball Roster
Jersey Number 16
Carson Hepworth
- Position:
- Outfield
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-2 / 195
- B/T:
- R/R
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Gulf Breeze, Fla.
- High School:
- Gulf Breeze
- Prev School:
- Pensacola College
JUNIOR COLLEGE
Played two years at Pensacola State College where he was a career .296 hitter … a solid defensive player who did not commit an error in his career patrolling centerfield for the Pirates … posted a .360/.441/.553 slash line as a sophomore with three home runs and 26 RBI … a second-team 2024 All-Panhandle Conference selection and the league’s Defensive Player of the Year … one of three outfielders in the state of Florida selected to the FCSAA Gold Glove Team … had a 10-game hit streak as a sophomore … helped the Pirates to a 32-17 record and their third postseason berth in four seasons … played summer baseball with the Lake Charles Gumbeaux Gators of the Texas Collegiate League before enrolling at Louisiana.
HIGH SCHOOL
A three-sport letterwinner at Gulf Breeze High School … ranked as the No. 69 outfielder in the state of Florida by Perfect Game … hit a combined .347 with 28 RBI in three seasons with the Dolphins … named a two-time, all-area member in baseball by the Pensacola News Journal … earned PNJ All-Area honors in both football (first team) and basketball (second team) during the 2021-22 athletic year … helped lead GBHS to a pair of district titles in baseball … a Pensacola Sports Association All-Star selection in football, baseball, and basketball … a third-team Florida Athletic Coaches Association Class 6A All-State pick in football … named the 2022 Pensacola Sports Association Senior Scholar Athlete of the Year in football … inducted into the 2022 GBHS Hall of Fame … an honors student who graduated with a 4.4 grade point average.
PERSONAL
Born January 13, 2004 in Pensacola, Fla. … the son of Debbie and Ryan Hepworth … has one sister, Zoe … parents were both collegiate athletes at Western Kentucky … mother played basketball for the Hilltoppers while father was a member of the WKU baseball team … performed community service with the Miracle League … career ambition is to become an athletic director … a Kinesiology-Sports Management major.
Played two years at Pensacola State College where he was a career .296 hitter … a solid defensive player who did not commit an error in his career patrolling centerfield for the Pirates … posted a .360/.441/.553 slash line as a sophomore with three home runs and 26 RBI … a second-team 2024 All-Panhandle Conference selection and the league’s Defensive Player of the Year … one of three outfielders in the state of Florida selected to the FCSAA Gold Glove Team … had a 10-game hit streak as a sophomore … helped the Pirates to a 32-17 record and their third postseason berth in four seasons … played summer baseball with the Lake Charles Gumbeaux Gators of the Texas Collegiate League before enrolling at Louisiana.
HIGH SCHOOL
A three-sport letterwinner at Gulf Breeze High School … ranked as the No. 69 outfielder in the state of Florida by Perfect Game … hit a combined .347 with 28 RBI in three seasons with the Dolphins … named a two-time, all-area member in baseball by the Pensacola News Journal … earned PNJ All-Area honors in both football (first team) and basketball (second team) during the 2021-22 athletic year … helped lead GBHS to a pair of district titles in baseball … a Pensacola Sports Association All-Star selection in football, baseball, and basketball … a third-team Florida Athletic Coaches Association Class 6A All-State pick in football … named the 2022 Pensacola Sports Association Senior Scholar Athlete of the Year in football … inducted into the 2022 GBHS Hall of Fame … an honors student who graduated with a 4.4 grade point average.
PERSONAL
Born January 13, 2004 in Pensacola, Fla. … the son of Debbie and Ryan Hepworth … has one sister, Zoe … parents were both collegiate athletes at Western Kentucky … mother played basketball for the Hilltoppers while father was a member of the WKU baseball team … performed community service with the Miracle League … career ambition is to become an athletic director … a Kinesiology-Sports Management major.
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